Thread 9. TTC#1 The thread where we unanimously delete Ovia.

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

Symptom spotters, tww - ers, slightly hysterical hormone laden ladies! Regs, lurkers, intermittent posters! Our raison d'etre is 'am I pregnant?' Depending on how much Ovia (Whybird/Ovibitch) has pissed us off/messed with our fw she is either the oracle or a sanctimonious charlatan.

Just a warning, we move FAST! Our threads last on average, about a week before they're full.

Thread 9 , Welcome one and all! Group of weirdos, wee hoarders, covert opk or okp, depending on what your autocorrect decides addicts with a side business in CM management!

We do not judge, we enjoy TMI, we i encourage waiting to poas nobody listens and all the grossness you can find from a group of intelligent, articulate ladies. Fart stories make us laugh, stories about cervical mucus, pooing, cysts and nausea equally welcome.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kat, I have been dubbed the resident piss stick queen loaaaaaads of bfp'ers who keep us positive! We don't have rules, we love a good symptom spot, we try to stay grounded and not be hysterical sometimes we manage it aswell

We like acronyms, we make some up: PET = Proper expensive test. We love the d(h)...which can of course mean 'dearest' or 'dickhead' why, what were you thinking?

Awww ni that sucks, what a letdown, are we sure it's af? What a bloody roller coaster 🍹🍰

miley haha oh Lordy, that sounds like me normally!

elle yep you can crochet scarves. I'll pop a couple of links up for you later this afternoon. Crochet is much easier than knitting to put down and come back to. Only one hook and you can unhook it and put a stitch marker in to save your work.

I'm sorry Ni, that's shitty timing

Oh yeah...bubbly! Great idea ladies!

Stark temps have definitely come down so can't even delude myself that it's not AF!

Thanks Starky. I love scarves! My friend made me an amazing one this year. What do you knitters and crocheters make?

elle similar to you I think - bit of EWCM but nothing to write home about. Am going to try an OPK later and over the weekend #opkvirgin

starky thanks so much for all your advice - it's so much more helpful when it's from someone else's experience, rather than reading the packet. I am going to check out these Amazon cheapies...

sasse yes to the hire car - that is absolutely my DH job too when it comes to holidays :)

ni sorry about af

starky I'm finding it pretty hilarious but sometimes it's so smelly I try to blame it on the dog. Doesn't work though.

Found myself at the fridge with a fork in a jar of pickled cabbage last night. Apparently when I'm hungry anything is appropriate to eat.

elle mainly baby stuff really, little cardigans, blankets, bonnets. Mittens, scarves, hats! Just started off with one 4 mm hook and a couple of balls of wool!

jem no probs mate, if you're looking into Internet cheapies, I recommend the thicker ones 3 mm as opposed to the 2.5 mm as they're much easier to gauge.

miley haha! Well adding pickled cabbage onto an already windy arse is probably not going to stop you honking any time soon But now I want coleslaw! I've already decided me and dsis are having a fry up for tea!

starky I didn't think of the consequences but it's definitely unlikely to help. Found a 72 piece dessert platter in the freezer the desserts are tiny, promise we bought from asda for boxing day which we forgot about so I'm now looking forward to opening that and eating it all over the next few weeks

Also totally off topic but I was walking the dog this morning and a very rude man pushed past me on his morning jog, was busy checking his fancy sports watch and faceplated over a blown over weelie bin. He then got up, kicked it and told it to fuck off. It has literally made my day 😂😂

Morning everyone!!!!! Will post list in a minute.
I crochet blanketS. I have made 3 that are in use for me, baby blankets for gifts (about 5 or 6 so far). I have one blanket I started making over a year ago but didn't go back to (got bored... Single colour 3 round grannies join-as-you-go) have started two temperature blankets this year. Had some random slightly thinner wool (4-ply not DK that I normally use) so started making Victorian lattice lacy squares to make a lightweight throw with that- plan to do a lacy braided join (I've literally done 3 squares of that) have made some squares out of a variegated yarn that I want to make a baby blanket but it was only one ball so I need more similar colours to mix up with it, planning a solid cream joining round and border.

Don't ask me to make anything shaped. I can do cushion covers (did 9 with a snowflake on for Xmas presents)

Okay enough about crochet.

I'm due AF on the 7th. No feelings of anything as yet. Boobs not even that tender this month. Not like last month. Def not preg. Didn't dtd enough didn't OPK enough. Haven't used Ovia. Month 6 for me so getting bored now.

Also, question. LMP from the first day of spotting? Or full af? I don't tend to get full af so just spot for a couple of days and have a very light bleed for a day if that.

Here goes....

February:
co5mo - 6th
Littlebelle - 6th
Kat - 7th
Lillian - 11th
Snow - 14th
Twinkly - 15th
Dubya - 16th
Pug - 16th
Lara - 19th
Zazzles - 20th
FXskip - 20th
Suchajem - 23rd
Planeteer - 23rd
Elle - 24th
Knightly - 26th
Confused - 26th
Bellini - 28th
Feef - 29th
Evergreen - 29th
Sampy -
Lillian -
Laurenowls -
Stark -

Snow -
Jam -
Zazzles -
Impy -
Pyxie -
Latinata -
Harriet
Ni ?

March:
Kathrino - 5th
Holly - 8th
Kwick
Moggy
Miw
Banarma

graduates
Runner
Pinklilly
Bug
Bunch
DrWhy
ShelbTa
Lana
Bubba
Bubbles
Leonie
Laurenrl
Morwena
choc
miley
Irregular
Lisa
Ipatches
indi

miley mega lol at your rude man wheelie bin story :)

Thanks for the list kat no symptoms might not mean you are out. Fingers crossed for no AF for you.

Hi ladies, hope everyone is well! I haven't been able to catch up and you girls speed through these threads!
Anyone testing? Could anyone please summarise?

Are graduations the people who have a BFP? That's great to see so many if so x

New list has just gone up indi. How are you feeling? Fill us in on life on the other side of the ttc mania!

Sorry about AF ni very frustrating. At least it came rather than prolonging the not knowing.

That's so funny about that man and the wheely bin miley. I don't know what LMP is?

I like knitting can only really make fairly basic thing s but would love to have a go at crochet

Yeah just saw the list after I posted plant..life is basically the same just I'm even more neurotic than when I was TTC! I have not stopped poas-ing haha and I am tempted to get a clear blue digital so I can see the word pregnant! Only symptoms are sore massive boobs and I get to about 3pm and I am EXHAUSTED. Apart from that just super excited and focussing on my health, food and fitness.
Sending all the upcoming tester my love and luck, can't wait to see more of you on the grad thread xx

Crochet is so much easier then knitting imo... You drop a stitch you just pick it back up and no holes made! And you can do whatever shape you want. I'm sure you can do everything with knitting I just have never been able to do it (only tried as a kid/teen, maybe I could do it now). I would love a soft knitted blanket. Maybe when I'm pregnant I shall learn. So I can make baby clothes. Knotted clothes just work a lot better than crocheted I think.

Yvonne yup these are the bfp's we've had on this thread since it started in ?? September ?? October??
Who was the starter of the thread? I feel like it was stark as she is like thread monitor. (In a good way!!)

That's so positive I sometimes feel like it never happens but it obviously does! FX for more BFPs soon x

It was shelb who created thread 1, I think I was about the third poster on it. Started in September, it took me till December to bully get Dh to agree to ttc! I thiiiiink most if not all of the Regs on thread 1/2 are on the grads thread. I'm bringing up the rear! But most of the girls started in october/November. I just nominated myself team captain delusions of grandeur because i was always the new thread creator.

miley that rude jogger story had me lol-ing! Proper guffaw! Haha just deserts are served with a wheelie bin!

CM toilet paper theory / business plan. I struggle to really see what's going on with the CM! Keep checking and wondering if I'm getting the good EWCM stuff. The whiteness of the toilet paper hinders the inspection however! I think we need dark blue or black loo roll for contrast?

Jem I completely agree! I actually went so far as to buy the darkest purple toilet paper I could find beginning of December, but it was 'scented' too and my nethers where not impressed, they threw a hissy fit and I had some kind of allergic reaction! And a swollen flange was not condusive to being sexy and alluring! So I went back to white quilted!

Achey boobs replaced by sensitive nipples. Cd42.... any thoughts? (Almost positive opk 10 days ago and ewcm the day after that)

Ooh dark toilet paper is genius Jem. I don't think I've ever spent so much time looking at loo roll as I have in the last few weeks. The stuff we have in the office actually has little flecks of red (and blue) in it which has given me false hope on a couple of occasions but I think is just because they buy the recycled stuff.

Thanks for the list update Kat. Now that I'm out for this month, I can focus all my energy on getting excited for the rest of you on the Fab Feb bus! Hopefully soon the grads list will be longer than the list of testers!

Omg hormones. There's a woman sitting at the desk next to me breathing so heavily and chewing like a cement mixer. I want to scream!!!!!!

Also backache can fuck off. Shitty mood blaaaaatghuhfyfj still laughing at rude jogger